Patents by Inventor Zong-Yi Chen

Zong-Yi Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9853658
    Abstract: A DAC circuit includes: a PWM encoding circuit for converting a digital signal to first and second PWM signals, whereby a combination of the first and second PWM signals becomes a PWM encoded signal of at least 3 levels including a positive, a zero and a negative level, wherein the digital signal represents a number in a numerical range; and a demodulation circuit for generating the analog signal according to the first and second PWM signals. The first and second PWM signals have a minimum duty larger than 0 when the digital signal represents a middle number in the numerical range. The zero level of the combination of the first and second PWM signals has a duty which decreases as a difference between the number represented by the digital signal and the middle number increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Jun Hsiao, Zong-Yi Chen